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 * Topic: Fundraising **

Common Core standards: RL 2.1. 2.5, 2.7, 2.10 RL2. 1. Ask and answer such questions as //who//, //what//, //where//, //when//, //why//, and //how// to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text. 5. Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action. 7. Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot. 10. By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories and poetry, in the grades 2–3 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range RI .2.5, 2.10, 5. Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action. 10. By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories and poetry, in the grades 2–3 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. W.2.3,2,5,2.7 2.Write informative/explanatory texts in which they introduce a topic, use facts and definitions to develop points, and provide a concluding statement or section. 3.Write narratives in which they recount a well-elaborated event or short sequence of events, include details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide a sense of closure.

Students will be able to understand, recognize, apply, and analyze the following skills:
 * Suggested student objectives: **
 * Story structure
 * Infer/predict
 * Pronouns
 * Narrative writing
 * Homographs


 * Suggested Additional Readings: **
 * "Playground Fun"
 * __Kid's Guide to Service Projects: Over 500 Service Ideas for Young People Who Want to Make a Difference__ by Barbara A. Lewis and Pamela Espeland
 * __It's Our World, Too!__ by Phillip M. Hoose
 * __26 Big Things Small Hands Do__ by Coleen Paratore
 * __Amelia Bedelia Helps Out__ by Peggy Parish
 * __Being Helpful__ by Cassi Mayer


 * Resource Links: **

Grammar and Spelling all Journey's New York Public Library - children's ebooks International Education and Resource Network - Kids Can Make a Difference Pete's PowerPoint Station - elements of literature Inspire My Kids Andrew Carnegie Generation On - what do you care about?


 * Activities: **
 * Act It Out- After sharing a story with your class several times, split the class into groups. Give each group a section of the story; one group has the beginning, one has the build up, another has the problem, another the resolution and finally one group has the ending. Each group acts the section they have been given. Give the groups plenty of time to practice; they may need your help. When everyone is ready, have each group act out their section in order so that the whole story is acted out.


 * Draw a Story- try drawing story maps, using pictures to show the way in which the story will happen. Make the map relevant to the story; try a treasure map for a pirate adventure or a map of a jungle for an explorer's tale. Story hills are another creative way to plan story structure. Have your student draw a hill or mountain on a large sheet of paper. The beginning of the story is at the foot of the hill. As the story progresses it moves up the hill, with the problem at the very top. As the problem is resolved and the story ends, it moves down the other side of the hill or mountain. Story boards, in which a picture is drawn for each stage of the story, also help second graders with story structure.


 * ** ASSESSMENTS **

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